The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 635

The river is surging and the sound of water is loud.

Fan Chou's heart also drifted away with the current of the river.

In Guanzhong in May, the weather has started to warm up gradually, but even in the big tent, Fan Chou's body is still icy cold, and the icy cold penetrates all the way to the bone marrow.

Huayin's defeat, the Yellow Turban Army's offensive like a storm, was deeply engraved in his mind, and it was hard to forget.

The road ahead is confused, with ambushes on all sides, and the way of life has been cut off.

The khaki banners of the Yellow Turban Army fluttered on the walls of Linjin City, and Chang'an City could not return, and the way back was cut off.

When Huayin was defeated, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru died. Only he and Xu Rong escaped with thousands of defeated soldiers.

And now the pursuers of the Yellow Turban Army have also caught up, encircling Rui [ruì] Township on all sides.

There was a faint wailing sound coming from outside the tent, it was the wailing of wounded soldiers, the pain tormented their bodies and their nerves, making him in unbearable pain.

Fan Chou looked sad, holding a wine glass, pouring wine down his throat glass by glass.

Xu Rong's face was gloomy, and he sat cross-legged on the desk, with his hands on the desk, and bowed his head in silence.

"Decades of ups and downs, like a dream, hahahahaha..."

Fan Chou stood up unsteadily, and laughed maniacally.

The Yellow Turban Army surrounded but did not attack, they were trapped to death in Rui Township, food and grass were cut off, and only two days of rations were left, even if the Yellow Turban Army did not attack, they would soon collapse.

"Taipingdao? Taipingdao? Taipingdao! Unexpectedly, we ended up losing here, at the hands of Taipingdao, hehehe..."

Fan Chou kicked over the wine jar on the desk, and the alcohol took effect, making it difficult for Fan Chou to stand still, and his thoughts began to become confused.

Fan Chou didn't think that Xu An would forgive them and accept them as defeated soldiers. He clearly remembered the crimes they committed.

The Qiuxu in Luoyang and the Chidi in Baili are the masterpieces of their Xiliang army.

It is not a secret what the fate of those powerful families will be like. The most serious punishment prescribed by the Taiping Dao for those powerful families is family punishment!
Those who committed minor crimes would inevitably be punished by exile, reform through labor, and confiscation of property.

Xu Rong raised his head and let out a long sigh, and remained silent. Even though he had countless strategies in his chest, how could he turn the sky against the overwhelming force?
Fan Chou pushed aside the curtain of the big tent and staggered out of the big tent. Wherever he came into view, there were all soldiers with sad faces.

At this moment, a faint singing voice suddenly floated in the dark night sky. Although the singing voice was weak, it was clearly transmitted to Fan Chou's ears.

Fan Chou's expression moved slightly, and memories appeared in his eyes.

Still sitting in the big tent, Xu Rong suddenly felt a little strange when he heard the singing, it seemed to be a folk song.

Floating into the camp along with the ballad, there is also a bleak and ethereal musical instrument.

In the darkness, the singing in Fan Chou's ears gradually became louder. The previous singing was coming from the outside of the camp, but now the singing was coming from inside the camp.

Xu Rong stood up and looked outside the tent.

He understood why the song felt so familiar to him, and he remembered where it came from.

This song is a folk song of Liangzhou, and many people in the Liangzhou army can sing this song.

Xu Rong is from Xuantu County, Youzhou. Although he is not from Liangzhou, he has been in the Liangzhou army for a long time, so he has some impressions of this song.

And that weird musical sound is exactly the sound of Qiang Guan.

In the camp, I don't know who sang along first, and soon the singing became louder and louder, and more soldiers from Liangzhou also joined in the singing.

In the Ruixiang camp, countless Liangzhou soldiers stood up slowly. They faced the direction of the camp wall and sang the familiar song.

After a while, the entire Ruixiang camp was completely filled with the sound of sad and mournful songs.

Thinking that they might not be able to return to their hometown alive in this life after going to war, all the soldiers of the Liangzhou Army couldn't help crying.

"Have all Liangzhou soldiers surrendered to the Yellow Turban Army?"

Fan Chou staggered forward, and the singing outside his camp became louder and louder. Doesn't this just prove that a large number of Liangzhou soldiers surrendered to Taipingdao?

The singing in the camp became louder and louder, and slowly turned into whimpering and crying.

Xu Rong lifted the curtain, and Fan Chou was already in tears.

Xu Rong looked around and found that all the soldiers from Liangzhou were weeping and deeply grieved.

The morale of the army has been lost, and there is no more will to fight.

But the depression in Xu Rong's heart was swept away at this time, he knew that they could survive.

In the past, Xiang Yu was trapped in Gaixia to fight trapped beasts, and the songs of embarrassment rang out from all directions. The army had no fighting spirit, and the generals had no fighting spirit.

The situation now is much the same as it was then.

At that time, Xiang Yu still had a lot of troops in Gaixia, and Xiang Yu once had battles in which the weak defeated the strong and the few defeated the many.

In the battle of Julu, Xiang Yu broke the boat and defeated [-] Qin army with [-] Chu soldiers.

After nine consecutive battles, Zhang Han led his troops back, and Qin General Su Jiao was beheaded by the formation.

The strategy of being besieged on all sides is precisely a strategy to completely disintegrate Xiang Yu's trilogy.

But now, the Yellow Turban Army has an absolute advantage. Dong Zhuo was killed and surrounded on all sides. There is no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth. It only takes one charge to kill all the [-] Liangzhou soldiers in Ruixiang, and hang their heads on the banner.

But Xu An didn't. Instead, he let the Liangzhou soldiers who surrendered first sing Liangzhou folk songs, so as to disintegrate the will of Liangzhou soldiers to resist in the end.

The melodious and sad singing was faintly mixed with the sound of noise, Xu Rong followed the prestige, and saw a group of soldiers walking slowly in their direction.

The flames flickered, and the north wind was getting stronger.

Under the firelight, a khaki scarf first caught Xu Rong's eyes.

Xu Rong narrowed his eyes slightly, stood where he was, and looked directly at the person coming.

The person wearing the yellow scarf also showed his face in the firelight.

"Farewell to Liangzhou, long time no see."

The visitor smiled lightly, clasped his fists with both hands, and said loudly.

Fan Chou looked at the person in front of him, a little surprised, he felt familiar, but because of his long memory, he didn't know his name, and couldn't remember who it was for a while.

It's just that when someone came to speak, Fan Chou's body shook suddenly, and the memories of the past poured out of his mind like a tide.

"Shoucheng?"

Fan Chou stood up straight, looking at the person in front of him, a little unbelievable.

The person who came was none other than Ma Teng and Ma Shoucheng.

The Ma family is a big family in Longxi, and Ma Teng also held important positions in Liangzhou. Many of the generals under Dong Zhuo's command were actually familiar with Ma Teng. There is not much interaction between people.

"Dong Zhuo Fuzhu, most of the Liangzhou soldiers under his command have already chosen to join."

"The great virtuous teacher knows that the two generals are not cruel people. The two generals rarely participated in the evils committed by Dong Zhuo, so I have been appointed to persuade the two generals. I hope that the two generals can turn to the light. What I said is The original words of the great virtuous teacher."

Ma Teng stepped forward slowly, with a sincere expression, appearing extremely sincere.

"Niu Fu, Dong Min, Li Ru and others were all killed in Huayin. Duan Yan has already abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side. He led the uprising and joined the Taiping Road."

Duan Yao is the brother of Duan Jiong (jiǒng) in "Liangzhou Sanming", a native of Guzang in Wuwei County, and a fellow villager with Jia Xu.

Duan Yan is different from Dong Zhuojun, because of Duan Jiong, Dong Zhuo also gave Duan Yan a lot of face and gave him considerable autonomy.

When Sun Jian defeated Luoyang and Dong Zhuo retreated to Chang'an to deploy defenses along the way, Dong Zhuo ordered Duan Yan to station troops in Huayin to prepare for Sun Jian.

When Duan Yan was in Huayin, he worked diligently on agriculture and did not plunder the people, so the people were happy.

"Wang Yun of Chang'an City and others launched a palace coup and hijacked Emperor Han to flee to Wuguan in the south. Today's Chang'an City has been abandoned, and the land in Guanzhong is in chaos. The first task should be to cultivate with the people, and great virtuous teachers are not willing to do more evil."

"I don't know what the two generals want."

Fan Chou and Xu Rong looked at each other with no heart to fight.

Ma Teng came to persuade him as an envoy, and the soldiers in the camp brought him directly without even reporting to them. They could already see the attitude of the soldiers in the camp.

"We are willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and return to the path of peace."

Xu Rong and Fan Chou bowed down to defeat together, completely convinced. In fact, they had no better choice than this.

Seeing that Xu Rong and Fan Chou are so knowledgeable, Ma Teng is also in a good mood.

This time when Xu An went to the expedition, Ma Teng, who thought he would no longer lead the army, led a cavalry army.

This time Xu Rong and Fan Chou were talked about, maybe in the future they will not only be able to be a rich man.

Ma Teng's mind also became active. Although it is only a false name, he is also the third heavy-ranked general of the Yellow Turban Army. Perhaps Xu Rong and Fan Chou can take advantage of it...

It took less than a quarter of an hour from when Ma Teng entered the camp to when Xu Rong and Fan Chou led the troops out.

Under the leadership of Xu Rong and Fan Chou, [-] Liangzhou soldiers surrendered all their weapons, and were taken into prisoner camps by the Yellow Turban Army.

Xu Rong and Fan Chou tied their hands and asked to surrender in the tent of the Yellow Turban Army camp.

Xu An also didn't sit proudly in the first seat to accept their surrender, Xu An stood up himself, untied the ropes for Xu Rong and Fan Chou, and ordered people to arrange seats in the tent.

"Everyone in the world says that a great virtuous and good teacher is benevolence and righteousness. If you do one thing today, you will know that what you say is true."

Fan Chou knelt down on the ground, bowed his head to the ground, and bowed respectfully to Xu An.

"There is no kneeling ceremony in my Yellow Turban Army, General Fan doesn't need to be more polite."

Xu An waved his hand and smiled.

"Great virtuous teacher, I have a request. I wonder if the great virtuous teacher can accept it?"

Fan Chou raised his head and asked sincerely.

Holding the wine glass in his hand, Xu An didn't immediately agree.

"I have been away from Liangzhou for many years, I have fought countless battles, and I have committed a lot of crimes. I want to beg the great virtuous teacher to allow me to return home and farm, and return to the countryside."

Ma Teng's expression moved slightly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was a little stiff.

Fan Chou actually had the idea of ​​retiring, which Ma Teng didn't think of.

Xu An has always been unsuspecting in employing people, even if he is a surrendered general, he does not treat him differently.

Lu Bu, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou were all Han generals, but Xu An all entrusted them with important tasks.

Jia Xu and Zhang Yang used to be generals under Dong Zhuo's command. Now Jia Xu is the mastermind of the Taiping Dao, and Zhang Yang has become a general with real power. This time, he followed Xu Huang in the battle.

Xu An and Dong Zhuo are completely different. Dong Zhuo is self-willed and treats the generals poorly, but he treats the generals of the direct line. Almost all of the Liangzhou lineage have ascended to high positions, but Xu An does not blindly favor the direct lineage and the old ones. The Yellow Turban Army has clear rewards and punishments, and can be fair.

Xu An didn't expect that Fan Chou didn't want to make great achievements and gain fame and fortune.

"Since General Fan intends to return home and farm, then I can't force it, as General Fan wishes."

Xu An raised the wine glass in his hand and said quite sincerely.

"Thank you for your kindness, great teacher."

Fan Chou bowed down again, this time Xu An did not continue to talk about etiquette.

Since Fan Chou chose to live in seclusion, it didn't really affect him.

In fact, Fan Chou can only be regarded as an addition at best. He made fewer mistakes than Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and others, which is also the most important reason why Fan Chou was able to survive.

In fact, the person Xu An really wants to recruit is Xu Rong.

Xu Rong defeated the pursuit army of Bao Xin, Cao Cao, Wei Zi and others in the Battle of Bianshui, and defeated Sun Jian's troops in the Battle of Liangdong. Famous generals.

It's a pity that Dong Zhuo's series of magical operations later ruined all Xu Rong's hard work.

A clever woman can't cook without rice, and Xu Rong was not the culprit for the fiasco of Taiguguan and Yanshi.

Xu Rong is undoubtedly an excellent general. He can lead an army alone, guard one side, and even dispatch an attack as the chief general.

There is indeed a shortage of such generals in the Yellow Turban Army.

Now that the Yellow Turban Army can successfully lead an army alone, only Yan Zhong, Zhang Yan, Xu Huang, and Guo Tai are four. Generals, the Yellow Turban Army is extremely scarce.

And it is also important that Xu Rong once recommended Gongsun Du, who was born in the same county, to Dong Zhuo as the prefect of Liaodong.

Xu Rong and Gongsun Du are good friends, and they have a close personal relationship. If Xu Rong surrenders, then the Gongsun Du who took over Liaodong and made himself king will probably be greatly affected, and may even be able to persuade Gongsun Du to join him. This probability is indeed a bit small now, but the probability will definitely increase a lot in the future.

The hustle and bustle in the tent was still the same, pushing cups and changing cups, celebrating this hearty victory.

Holding the glass of wine, Xu An walked out of the tent slowly.

With the surrender of Xu Rong and Fan Chou, the last obstacle for him to take the land in Guanzhong disappeared.

Above the sky, the Milky Way is vast.

Xu An raised his wine cup high, respected the sky from a distance, raised his head and drank all the water in the cup.

Although the night breeze was cold, Xu An's chest was extremely hot.

This thousand-mile golden city, the inheritance of descendants and emperors forever, has already fallen into his pocket.

Dapeng rises with the same wind in one day and soars up to [-] miles!

(End of this chapter)